Child participation in school governance : the case of prefects at a primary school in Lesotho

• Published in: Perspectives in education Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 49 - 57
• Main Authors: Morojele, Pholoho, Muthukrishna, Nithi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of the Free State 01.12.2011; Perspectives in Education
• Subjects: Administrative Organization; Attitude Change; Authoritarianism; Barriers; Child participation; Childhood; Children; Children's voice and agency; Consciousness Raising; Elementary School Students; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Governance; Grade 6; Grade 7; Hierarchy; Interviews; Lesotho; Management; Primary education; Primary schools; School governance; School Organization; Schools; Social participation; South Africa; Structured Interviews; Student Participation; Teacher Attitudes; Lesotho

This paper draws on literature that has theorised child participation within the sociology of childhood framework to examine how children participate in governance within school spaces. Four children aged between 13 and 17 (in grades six and seven) who serve as prefects at a primary school in Lesoth...